Rexanne Becnel

The Matchmaker
(2001)
A novel by


Rexanne Becnel



Olivia has kept notes on every man who she's ever drunk tea or danced with. Some entries have resulted in matches for her friends, but she's never found anyone she considered for herself. Until the scoundrel Neville Hawke appears and although her head says no, her heart doesn't agree.

The Troublemaker
(2001)
A novel by


Rexanne Becnel



Troublemaker: one who makes mischief, who torments;
a mal*******; a provoker; a firebrand.
Someone to avoid at all costs.

A WOMAN RUNNING FROM TROUBLE
Sarah Palmer, a reckless beauty with a penchant for trouble, has enraged her family for the last time with her foiled plan to elope with a fortune hunter. Sent to stay with her married half-sister in the Scottish countryside, Sarah arrives there only to learn that her sister has gone away to Glasgow. With no one to chaperone her, she is immensely relieved at her newfound freedom and vows to redeem herself in the eyes of her family by behaving for once. But she hasn't reckoned on Marshall MacDougal, the most irresistible and troublesome man she has ever met...

A MAN LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
An American surrounded in mystery, Marshall MacDougal has come to Scotland searching for justice-and vengeance. He is captivated with Sarah and she with him, though she tries to resist. But then Sarah discovers that her own mother and half-sister are the targets of Marsh's vengeance. Old secrets, new scandals, and shocking revelations turn seduction into a devious game, where passion has a price, especially when a pair of troublemakers dares to break all the rules of love...

The Bridemaker
(2002)
A novel by


Rexanne Becnel



She's called "the Bridemaker", but Hester Poitevant prefers to think of herself as the gentle facilitator of marital union. Hester's popular Mayfair Academy has helped teach many the awkward society miss how to find her way to the altar with the eligible bachelor of her choice. But while her students flirt and mingle, Hester possesses as a prim widow--rather than reveal herself as the never-been married beauty she truly is...

He made his fortune in America. Now the dashing, scandalously sired Adrian Hawke is in London, determined to fight off the season's most wily debutants. Adrian isn't fooled by Hester's thin disguise--for she possess the soft, womanly curves no somber gown can hide. The question is, why does she dress like a schoolmarm when she could easily make a better match than any of her student? Adrian vows to reveal Hester's most precious secrets. But what he discovers is a woman with a past more complicated than he could ever imagine--and whose beauty is not just skin-deep...

The Mistress of Rosecliffe
(The third book in the Rosecliffe series)
(2000)
A novel by


Rexanne Becnel



Rogue Welsh knight Rhys ap Owain disguises himself as a wandering minstrel and arrives at Rosecliffe Castle to reclaim his birthright and take vengeance on his hated enemy. And Isolde Fitz Hugh will be his pawn. With Isolde's father away, Rhys plans to seize Rosecliff and his enemy's daughter, striking a mortal blow that is decades overdue. He has everything planned for his seige-yet he is unprepared for the desire his beautiful hostage will ignite in him...

A stranger lit the fire buried deep within her, yet it is her dire enemy who reveals himself to Isolde in the throes of first passion. How she loathes him, Rhys ap Owain, the man who has brought her such aching pleasure. He used her innocence and desire to gain his stronghold in a plot to extract vengeance upon her family. Yet neither his revenge nor her hatred is a match for the unexpected passion that will force them to confront a destiny much greater than either could ever imagine...